澳 (au) means "deep harbor" and is the abbreviation for either Australia or Macau, because of the sound. It is a similar but different character than 港, the harbor that refers to Hong Kong.
门 (men) means "door, or gate"
門 (men) is the same thing, more formal.
澳門 (au-men) means Macau. (The gateway to the harbor)
港澳 (gang-au) means both Hong Kong and Macau.
澳門圓 (au-men-yuan) is the Macanese pataca.
洲 (zhou) is continent or island.
澳洲 (au-zhou) means Australia, the continent
大 (da) means "big"
利 (li) means "benefit or profit"
亚 (ya) means "Asia" or "second" or "inferior"
澳大利亚 (au-da-li-ya) is "Australia". The audaliya is literally, the big profitable harbor in Asia.
澳大利亚元 is the Australian dollar
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